Early Falcom sound programming was genuinely ahead of its time and this collection proves it across six different machines. Xanadu's "LA VALSE POUR XANADU" gets repeated in every hardware variant here, and hearing the same melody through the PC-88's FM synth versus the MSX's PSG is like a time capsule of what 1985 home computers could actually do.
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The field theme has this waltz feel that's way more elegant than you'd expect from the era. The battle transition version kicks the tempo up and the FM chip just sings. Honestly the food-empty variants changing the mood is such a cool design choice.
If you care about how game music sounded before it had real instruments, this is a fascinating listen.